Grale – Eternity (CD)

Grale ‘Eternity‘ (2012)

Debut release from this unusual Bay Area-based collective, populated by MX-80 founding members Bruce Anderson and Dale Sophiea , Gregory Hagan (also of Common Eider, King Eider and Thomas Carnacki), and composer/sound artist Nicolas Sophiea. The album is divided between a 30-minute live track recorded in San Francisco and a 36-minute studio track recorded in Berkeley; both pieces shift seamlessly between different atmospheres — sombre, fractured, melodic, cacophonous and even unexpectedly groovy — while never losing their sinister edge. CD packaged in a mini gatefold sleeve. Released by Alethiometer Records.